diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ccd6f71..7b4f389 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ipxwrapper.dll: $(IPXWRAPPER_DEPS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Wl,--enable-stdcall-fixup -shared -o ipxwrapper.dll $(IPXWRAPPER_DEPS) -liphlpapi
 
 ipxconfig.exe: src/ipxconfig.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -D_WIN32_IE=0x0400 -mwindows -o ipxconfig.exe src/ipxconfig.cpp -liphlpapi
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -D_WIN32_IE=0x0400 -mwindows -o ipxconfig.exe src/ipxconfig.cpp -liphlpapi -lcomctl32
 
 dpwsockx.dll: src/directplay.o src/log.o src/dpwsockx_stubs.o src/common.o
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Wl,--enable-stdcall-fixup -shared -o dpwsockx.dll src/directplay.o src/log.o src/common.o src/dpwsockx_stubs.o src/dpwsockx.def -lwsock32
diff --git a/src/ipxconfig.cpp b/src/ipxconfig.cpp
index 6433b3a..373c7e2 100644
--- a/src/ipxconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/ipxconfig.cpp
@@ -562,6 +562,14 @@ static void baddr_to_str(char *str, const unsigned char *bin, int nbytes) {
 }
 
 static void init_windows() {
+	INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX common_controls;
+	common_controls.dwSize = sizeof(common_controls);
+	common_controls.dwICC = ICC_LISTVIEW_CLASSES;
+	
+	if(!InitCommonControlsEx(&common_controls)) {
+		die("Failed to initialise common controls");
+	}
+	
 	WNDCLASS wclass;
 	
 	memset(&wclass, 0, sizeof(wclass));